Sycamore Cottage, Pen-Y-Bont, Oswestry

DESCRIPTION
Sycamore Cottage is a lovely small holding situated within a peaceful location with stunning views over the surrounding countryside. The property comprises a grade II listed cottage which provides a wonderful opportunity for the purchaser to put their own stamp on a character property, a grade II listed stone and brick traditional barn offering a wide range of uses (subject to the relevant consents) and approximately 5.46 acres of agricultural land. The property is situated in close proximity to the large village of Llansantffraid Ym Mechain with a garage, public houses, a primary school and convenience store. For a wider range of services, the market towns of Welshpool and Oswestry are in easy reach.

FARMHOUSE
The cottage is constructed of brick walls under a slate roof with two wooden front doors and sash windows throughout. This grade II listed cottage is bursting with character features throughout including exposed timber beams, an inglenook, and other traditional features.

DINING ROOM 3.11 x 2.00

KITCHEN 2.37 x 1.27

W/C & SHOWER ROOM

RECEPTION ROOM 3.34 x 3.56

BEDROOM 3.49 x 3.56

BEDROOM/DRESING ROOM 3.23 x 3.56

OUTSIDE
The cottage is set in lawned and shrubbed cottage style gardens.

TRADITIONAL BUILDING
This beautiful traditional stone and brick building is also grade II listed and provides an excellent space for a wide range of alternative uses (subject to the relevant permissions if required).

LAND
The land extends to 5.46 acres and is split into a number of field enclosures. The property comprises mainly grassland, all suitable for grazing and mowing and is encompassed by a
mature hedgerow and stock netting fence. There are water troughs located throughout the property connected to the mains water supply.

GENERAL NOTES
TENURE: Freehold with vacant possession on completion

SERVICES: Mains electricity, mains water and private well water supply and private drainage.

BROADBAND: Standard (3 Mbps download speed)

FLOOD RISK: Low flood risk

COUNCIL TAX BANDING: C

GRADE II LISTING :

SYCAMORE FARMHOUSE: Sycamore cottage was a small C19 estate farmhouse, which appears from the evidence of the Tithe Survey to have been newly established in c.1838; its land was then recorded as a smallholding in the estate of Sir Edward Kynaston bart, tenanted by Thomas Pritchard. It is remembered later as part of a smallholding based on five small caeau (probably unchanged from those in the Tithe Survey) in the Wynnstay estate. The house is still complete with its associated agricultural range and earth closet. A two-storey two window symmetrical cottage in local light red brickwork at front and at left, but in local quasi-rubble stonework at right and at rear, apart from quoins formed of brickwork. Large chimney at left with slated shoulders; the topmost courses of the stack have been rebuilt in Ruabon or similar bricks. Two lean-to secondary additions at right, in stonework with brick quoins. Slate roof. Boarded doors, small-pane timber windows. In the left unit there is a large hearth incorporating a hob wall with a very small (restored) cottage range. Above the hearth the soffit is formed of metal plates. In the central partition there is a boarded door with a Norfolk latch. In the right unit is a pine staircase with boarded soffit and side partition. To the right of this a partition separates the present kitchen, including a door with ventilation bars above. An exceptionally well preserved smallholding farmhouse with associated outbuildings.

OUTBUILDING AT SYCAMORE COTTAGE: Probably C19 and contemporary with Sycamore Cottage; the roof is supported on typical C19 king post trusses. A three-bay range at right-angles to Sycamore cottage and facing south to the cottage, with a pigsty at the east end. The three-bay range and the pigsty are both in uncoursed quasi-rubble stone with brick dressings and with slate roofs. Heck door to the left bay, ordinary boarded door to the middle bay, heck door the right bay. Small windows in the west gable end and in the rear wall. The left and right bays have stone pitched flooring and are for livestock; the left bay has marks of a former division into two stalls and the right bay has a sunken drain for excrement. The middle bay has a quarry tile paving and was for dairy or related purposes. The pigsty has a rough stone floor in the roofed part but the floor of its yard has been concreted over. A compact smallholder's outbuilding range for livestock shelter and dairy purposes, listed also for group value with Sycamore Cottage.

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